What has changed about technology since you were born?
First Response-- I am NOT a Cincinnative, as we have only been in this area for 6 years. However, when I was a child, we did not have a computer or any of the technology gadgets that some families have today. We listened to the radio, played LP records, then tapes (no CDs), and watched a bit of television. Our headphones that plugged into our old family-room stereo were huge. We did not have cable, but at some point, we acquired an Atari video game system. There were no cell phones, and nothing was electrically automatic on vehicles (e.g., automatic windows, locking/unlocking doors). For school, I hand-wrote reports or longer assignments, or used an old fashioned typewriter, into my high school years. Calculators were rarely used in the elementary grades. We did not have a cordless phone in the house, and there was no call-waiting feature. Many of my friends in third grade did not have answering machines, so when I tried to call a friend, if it was busy, I simply continuing attempting to call, or the phone just rang and rang. As we did not have a computer (and later when we did, no internet), we acquired information from books at home or from library research. Thus, I could not look up information on the computer. We did not have email, so I wrote and mailed letters to my grandparents, pen pals, or far away cousins or friends. I have funny memories of first learning of some technological advances such as fax machines, email, and cell phones! :)
P.S. I apologize for not contributing to the other navigation areas, but I do not have the Cincinnati-specific knowledge! :)
2nd response:
Our street in East Hyde Park had streetlamps that were still gas lights- not electricity.
What has changed about technology since you were born?
First Response--
I am NOT a Cincinnative, as we have only been in this area for 6 years. However, when I was a child, we did not have a computer or any of the technology gadgets that some families have today. We listened to the radio, played LP records, then tapes (no CDs), and watched a bit of television. Our headphones that plugged into our old family-room stereo were huge. We did not have cable, but at some point, we acquired an Atari video game system. There were no cell phones, and nothing was electrically automatic on vehicles (e.g., automatic windows, locking/unlocking doors). For school, I hand-wrote reports or longer assignments, or used an old fashioned typewriter, into my high school years. Calculators were rarely used in the elementary grades. We did not have a cordless phone in the house, and there was no call-waiting feature. Many of my friends in third grade did not have answering machines, so when I tried to call a friend, if it was busy, I simply continuing attempting to call, or the phone just rang and rang. As we did not have a computer (and later when we did, no internet), we acquired information from books at home or from library research. Thus, I could not look up information on the computer. We did not have email, so I wrote and mailed letters to my grandparents, pen pals, or far away cousins or friends. I have funny memories of first learning of some technological advances such as fax machines, email, and cell phones! :)
P.S. I apologize for not contributing to the other navigation areas, but I do not have the Cincinnati-specific knowledge! :)
2nd response:
Our street in East Hyde Park had streetlamps that were still gas lights- not electricity.